The Axman Came from Hell and Other Southern True Crime Stories

by McQueen, Keven

• ISBN13: 9781589808980
• ISBN10: 1589808983
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-01
• Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Inc

Summary

In the 1880s, a serial killer terrorized Austin, Texas, setting a pattern for the many who followed him. In the 1890s, an Atlanta boardinghouse resident shot several of his fellow boarders. These and other true crime stories, spanning from Texas to West Virginia, are interesting and historically significant as opposed to depressing or lurid.

Author Biography

Keven McQueen teaches composition and world literature at Eastern Kentucky University. He is the author of more than ten books spanning such genres as true crime and Southern history. McQueen earned his BA from Berea College and an MA in English from Eastern Kentucky University. He lives in Berea, Kentucky.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 9
The Axman Game from Hell	p. 11
A Sharp Retort for Professor Turner	p. 61
The Servant Girl Annihilator	p. 72
Mr. Flanagan Pangs in the New Year	p. 105
Blue Floyd's Light Show	p. 110
Henry Delaney's Half-Hour Marriage	p. 116
Psychopathia Sexu-Alice	p. 126
The Two Mr. Rathbuns	p. 149
Two Shopworn Legal Defenses for the Price of One	p. 164
Rube Burrows Has His Portrait Taken	p. 171
A Farce in More Ways Than One	p. 184
Christmas for the Sims Gang	p. 196
Grime and Punishment on the Fast Track	p. 201
A Murder Ballad	p. 207
The Reprehensible Mr. Powers	p. 215
Bibliography	p. 225
Index	p. 249
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